Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Freedom of Speech - Communications Act of 1934 - Obscenity - Indecency

Authors

Eileen M. Dempsey

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court has held that a ban on obscene dial-a-porn telephone communications under Section 223(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 is constitutional, but a ban on indecent dial-a-porn messages under the same act is not constitutional.

Sable Communications v. FCC, ___ U.S. ___, 109 S. Ct. 2829 (1989).

First Page

785

Recommended Citation

Eileen M. Dempsey, Constitutional Law - First Amendment - Freedom of Speech - Communications Act of 1934 - Obscenity - Indecency, 28 Duq. L. Rev. 785 (1990).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol28/iss4/12